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A/N: This chapter was written by Lana Panther. I'll be writing the next one. Enjoy! (Note: The name of this chapter might be changing because I titled it, not Lana Panther)
Ken'aku Gikyoku: The Perilous Play
Chapter 2: Healing Powers and Blood
'Baka, baka baka.' Ano Kotae silently cursed at himself, feet pounding on the ground as he ran for the nearest village in search of a healer. 'Why couldn't I have gotten some of my sister's powers? If the Suzaku no Miko dies, it'll be Suzaku's own fault for letting me be the one to find her first.' he thought bitterly, but immediatly banished such thoughts from his mind.
'No. It's no one's fault but your own.' he thought, face set in grim determination, which turned into an urgency as he saw the village come into view. 'I can't BELIEVE there were no healer down in the caverns...Look like Kotou is doing a good job hitting us where it hurts the most...If I can't find a healer...' He sighed. 'No, I can never give up hope.' "Healer! I need a healer!" he yelled as soon as he reached it, asking frantically where a docotor might be found.
"I'm a healer." a man in a face-concealing cloak said quietly, coming up and putting a hand on the stressed boy's shoulder.
"Please, you have to come with me! I don't have time to explain right now, but there's a girl who-" he started to ramble falling to his knees before the man, but the mysterious figure held up a hand, and simply said, "Take me to her."
Kotae nodded hurridely, and jumped up, saying, "Follow me!" and running back to the forest, the man keeping surprisingly good pace with the panicked boy.
"Komyosa! I got a healer!" Kotae yelled, pounding on the trunk, then dashing into the underground village with the man following him
"Kotae! Over here!" Komyosa yelled, waving her hand. They had moved the miko to a clean mattress.
The cloaked man seemed to hesitate, but then came towards the girl.
"Let me take care of her." he told Fuyu and Komyosa firmly. Both girls looked at him in suspision and distrust, but they were desparete.
".... Hai." Fuyu said, and moved to the side. The healer knelt next to Kanshisha, and held out his hand. A blue light shone from left thigh, though it was concealed by his clothes and no one saw it. Soon the wounds had healed, and Kanshisha opened her eyes, looking at everything around her with terror on her face.
"Hey, we're not going to HURT you! Get a grip!!!" Komyosa said, quite loudly.
"Don't speak in that tone to her!" Fuyu scolded, looking at the man out of the corner of her eyes thoughtfully. 'Is he a seishi? Maybe Suzaku, or could be some other God....' she thought, before turning back to the miko.
The girl looked confused for a second, before taking several deep breaths, and asking weakly, "Where am I? What happen-" she suddenly remembered, and paled. "Kuso," she whispered. "I nearly killed myself."
"I'd say that a fair assumption." the healer told her with a soft chuckle. Kanshisha tried to get up, but he held out a hand, making her sit back, which was just as well, seeing as how she had gotten dizzy when she tried to stand.
"You lost an enourmus amount of blood. It's amazing you lived." he told her gently. Kanshisha gulped, and nodded.
"So she needs more blood?" Fuyu and Komyosa asked in concern. "Hai." he replied, nodding.
"She can have some of mine." Kotae suddenly said. Everyone turned to him, and he looked up with determination in his eyes. "She tried to kill herself because she thought I'D-" he started, but shuddered, and looked back at them, pleading in his eyes, and asked, "Let me help."
"....You do realize if you do you'll be as weak as she is right now." The man said hesitantly, giving him a choice to reconsider.
"I know." Kotae said firmly, looking at Kanshisha.
"Very well. By the way, I'm Mottekuru Naosu." the healer said, lowering his hood, which seemed to make Fuyu and Komyosa more comfortable. The Suzaku seishi all nodded and smiled gratefully at him. He had rich brown hair, swept back in a ponytail, and bright green eyes, which held the concern of a healer.
"I am Fuyu." Fuyu said, standing and bowing majestically to him.
"I'm Komyosa." Komyosa said next, also bowing.
"I'm Ano Kotae." Kotae said, giving a shakey smile.
'.... He wants to help me? But I thought- No, I guess he WOULDN'T do something like that. He's giving up his own blood for my safety..." Kanshisha looked at Ano Kotae in wonder.
"May I ask your name?" Kotae said softly, kneeling next to the mattress with the doctor.
"...I'm Kanshisha." she answered shyly, feeling terrible for how she had misguidged him. "I'm sorry I-" she started to say but Kotae held up a hand to silence her and gave a small smile to show her it was alright.
"What do I do?" he asked Mottekuru.
The healer stood, saying, "I think I'll be able to transfer the blood. Are you sure about this?" Kotae nodded firmly.
"Wait, I'll help too." Komyosa suddenly said, jumping up. "I'm not going to let you be this big shining hero. Besides, if you're so weak, it won't be honorable when I beat the hell out of you later for this whole mess." she told her twin teasingly when he tried to argue.
He looked at her for a second, before giving a half-smile, and saying, "Arigato."
"All right, first, I'm afraid you'll both need to wound yourselves somehow to get the blood flowing." Naosu told them. "Don't worry, I'll heal them afterwards." he assured them when he saw the hesitant look exchanged between them.
"Right." Kotae said, and grabbed the dagger, slashing his arm with a grimace, then handed it to his sister.
"You sure I won't get your germs by not washing this?" she teased him, taking it by the hilt with two fingers.
"Komyooosaaa!" he groaned.
"Fine, fine. Just trying to lighten the mood." she grumbled, and quickly slicing her leg.
"Now what?" Kotae asked, obviouslt not looking at his arm.
"Now, I make the transfer." Mottekuru said, holding up a hand again.
"Wait, could you....?" Kotae said something softly to him, and the man nodded, and held up his hand again.
Komyosa looked at him suspiciously, but Mottekuru muttered an incanation, making their blood turned into sparkles as it left their bodies, and go into Kanshisha, who gasped, and looked at the three of them with wide eyes.
'I can feel it... I'm getting stronger as they get weaker. Why would they want to help me so bad?' she thought, her eyes going unbidden to Kotae, who had his eyes shut tight against the pain. His golden hair falling into his face, fists clenched, he accepted the pain... so she would get better.
It didn't make any sense to Kanshisha, but she felt her heart go out to him, and then his sister, though she looked like she was in less pain than her brother. Kanshisha had the suspision that Ano Kotae had asked the healer to take more of his own blood than his twin's.
"That should do it." Mottekuru said, letting his hand fall as all three of their wounds closed and healed.
"Whoah, I feel like I just drank a hundred bottles of sake." Komyosa said unsteadily, nearly toppling over, but Fuyu caught her.
"I feel like I just had an unfortunate meeting with a vampire." Kotae annouced from where he was sitting cross-legged on the floor, unable to hold himself up.
"Arigato." Kanshisha said softly, smiling at the people in the room
The rest smiled back at her, then began to explain everything to her, while Mottekuru listened from nearby.
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A/N: Well, what do you think? Hey! For a joint effort, this is going pretty well! (Just so you know, I, Tigress of the Moon, have been writing these little comment thingies so far...Like it matters...) Please R&R!! (I loved this chapter, but we want to know what YOU think!!) Well, see you next chapter! Ja!
A/N: This chapter was written by Lana Panther. I'll be writing the next one. Enjoy! (Note: The name of this chapter might be changing because I titled it, not Lana Panther)
Ken'aku Gikyoku: The Perilous Play
Chapter 2: Healing Powers and Blood
'Baka, baka baka.' Ano Kotae silently cursed at himself, feet pounding on the ground as he ran for the nearest village in search of a healer. 'Why couldn't I have gotten some of my sister's powers? If the Suzaku no Miko dies, it'll be Suzaku's own fault for letting me be the one to find her first.' he thought bitterly, but immediatly banished such thoughts from his mind.
'No. It's no one's fault but your own.' he thought, face set in grim determination, which turned into an urgency as he saw the village come into view. 'I can't BELIEVE there were no healer down in the caverns...Look like Kotou is doing a good job hitting us where it hurts the most...If I can't find a healer...' He sighed. 'No, I can never give up hope.' "Healer! I need a healer!" he yelled as soon as he reached it, asking frantically where a docotor might be found.
"I'm a healer." a man in a face-concealing cloak said quietly, coming up and putting a hand on the stressed boy's shoulder.
"Please, you have to come with me! I don't have time to explain right now, but there's a girl who-" he started to ramble falling to his knees before the man, but the mysterious figure held up a hand, and simply said, "Take me to her."
Kotae nodded hurridely, and jumped up, saying, "Follow me!" and running back to the forest, the man keeping surprisingly good pace with the panicked boy.
"Komyosa! I got a healer!" Kotae yelled, pounding on the trunk, then dashing into the underground village with the man following him
"Kotae! Over here!" Komyosa yelled, waving her hand. They had moved the miko to a clean mattress.
The cloaked man seemed to hesitate, but then came towards the girl.
"Let me take care of her." he told Fuyu and Komyosa firmly. Both girls looked at him in suspision and distrust, but they were desparete.
".... Hai." Fuyu said, and moved to the side. The healer knelt next to Kanshisha, and held out his hand. A blue light shone from left thigh, though it was concealed by his clothes and no one saw it. Soon the wounds had healed, and Kanshisha opened her eyes, looking at everything around her with terror on her face.
"Hey, we're not going to HURT you! Get a grip!!!" Komyosa said, quite loudly.
"Don't speak in that tone to her!" Fuyu scolded, looking at the man out of the corner of her eyes thoughtfully. 'Is he a seishi? Maybe Suzaku, or could be some other God....' she thought, before turning back to the miko.
The girl looked confused for a second, before taking several deep breaths, and asking weakly, "Where am I? What happen-" she suddenly remembered, and paled. "Kuso," she whispered. "I nearly killed myself."
"I'd say that a fair assumption." the healer told her with a soft chuckle. Kanshisha tried to get up, but he held out a hand, making her sit back, which was just as well, seeing as how she had gotten dizzy when she tried to stand.
"You lost an enourmus amount of blood. It's amazing you lived." he told her gently. Kanshisha gulped, and nodded.
"So she needs more blood?" Fuyu and Komyosa asked in concern. "Hai." he replied, nodding.
"She can have some of mine." Kotae suddenly said. Everyone turned to him, and he looked up with determination in his eyes. "She tried to kill herself because she thought I'D-" he started, but shuddered, and looked back at them, pleading in his eyes, and asked, "Let me help."
"....You do realize if you do you'll be as weak as she is right now." The man said hesitantly, giving him a choice to reconsider.
"I know." Kotae said firmly, looking at Kanshisha.
"Very well. By the way, I'm Mottekuru Naosu." the healer said, lowering his hood, which seemed to make Fuyu and Komyosa more comfortable. The Suzaku seishi all nodded and smiled gratefully at him. He had rich brown hair, swept back in a ponytail, and bright green eyes, which held the concern of a healer.
"I am Fuyu." Fuyu said, standing and bowing majestically to him.
"I'm Komyosa." Komyosa said next, also bowing.
"I'm Ano Kotae." Kotae said, giving a shakey smile.
'.... He wants to help me? But I thought- No, I guess he WOULDN'T do something like that. He's giving up his own blood for my safety..." Kanshisha looked at Ano Kotae in wonder.
"May I ask your name?" Kotae said softly, kneeling next to the mattress with the doctor.
"...I'm Kanshisha." she answered shyly, feeling terrible for how she had misguidged him. "I'm sorry I-" she started to say but Kotae held up a hand to silence her and gave a small smile to show her it was alright.
"What do I do?" he asked Mottekuru.
The healer stood, saying, "I think I'll be able to transfer the blood. Are you sure about this?" Kotae nodded firmly.
"Wait, I'll help too." Komyosa suddenly said, jumping up. "I'm not going to let you be this big shining hero. Besides, if you're so weak, it won't be honorable when I beat the hell out of you later for this whole mess." she told her twin teasingly when he tried to argue.
He looked at her for a second, before giving a half-smile, and saying, "Arigato."
"All right, first, I'm afraid you'll both need to wound yourselves somehow to get the blood flowing." Naosu told them. "Don't worry, I'll heal them afterwards." he assured them when he saw the hesitant look exchanged between them.
"Right." Kotae said, and grabbed the dagger, slashing his arm with a grimace, then handed it to his sister.
"You sure I won't get your germs by not washing this?" she teased him, taking it by the hilt with two fingers.
"Komyooosaaa!" he groaned.
"Fine, fine. Just trying to lighten the mood." she grumbled, and quickly slicing her leg.
"Now what?" Kotae asked, obviouslt not looking at his arm.
"Now, I make the transfer." Mottekuru said, holding up a hand again.
"Wait, could you....?" Kotae said something softly to him, and the man nodded, and held up his hand again.
Komyosa looked at him suspiciously, but Mottekuru muttered an incanation, making their blood turned into sparkles as it left their bodies, and go into Kanshisha, who gasped, and looked at the three of them with wide eyes.
'I can feel it... I'm getting stronger as they get weaker. Why would they want to help me so bad?' she thought, her eyes going unbidden to Kotae, who had his eyes shut tight against the pain. His golden hair falling into his face, fists clenched, he accepted the pain... so she would get better.
It didn't make any sense to Kanshisha, but she felt her heart go out to him, and then his sister, though she looked like she was in less pain than her brother. Kanshisha had the suspision that Ano Kotae had asked the healer to take more of his own blood than his twin's.
"That should do it." Mottekuru said, letting his hand fall as all three of their wounds closed and healed.
"Whoah, I feel like I just drank a hundred bottles of sake." Komyosa said unsteadily, nearly toppling over, but Fuyu caught her.
"I feel like I just had an unfortunate meeting with a vampire." Kotae annouced from where he was sitting cross-legged on the floor, unable to hold himself up.
"Arigato." Kanshisha said softly, smiling at the people in the room
The rest smiled back at her, then began to explain everything to her, while Mottekuru listened from nearby.
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A/N: Well, what do you think? Hey! For a joint effort, this is going pretty well! (Just so you know, I, Tigress of the Moon, have been writing these little comment thingies so far...Like it matters...) Please R&R!! (I loved this chapter, but we want to know what YOU think!!) Well, see you next chapter! Ja!